NZDF

Welcome to NZDF

The New Zealand Defence Force comprises 9,835 Regular Force, 2,258 Reserve Force, and 2,711 civilian staff members across the armed services of Navy, Army and Air Force, operating as Three Services - One Force.

Media Releases

Four teenagers wave to the RNZAF search and rescue crew

Air Force Orion locates missing teenagers.
An RNZAF Orion successfully located four teenagers whose boat had suffered a mechanical failure near Kiribati.

Captain Fred Keating

Change of Command at Naval Base
Captain Fred Keating will take command of Naval Base HMNZS PHILOMEL after a ceremony at Devonport this week. 

Latest News

ANZAC day parade and civic service held in Palmerston North Square 2007. Returned Service Member on the march.

Veterans' chance to join 2010 Gallipoli contingent

New Zealand service veterans will have the opportunity to join the official New Zealand contingent at this year's Anzac Day commemorations at Gallipoli.

Veterans’ Affairs New Zealand is seeking applications from veterans who wish to be considered to be part of the contingent.

22 veterans will be chosen to join a the official party of MPs, Defence Force personnel and students.

Pictured above, a veteran marches on Anzac Day, 2007(OH07-0274-30).

Read full article at the Veterans Affairs website.

News Briefs

Air Trainer

Air Force confirms fatality

Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Graeme Lintott confirmed, with deep regret, that the RNZAF has lost a pilot in a fatal crash involving a CT-4 trainer near Ohakea Air Base on 14 January.

28th Maori Battalion.

 Overseas Deployments

NZDF World Deployment Map

Currently 562 New Zealand Defence Force personnel are deployed on 14 operations, UN missions and defence exercises in 10 countries around the world, including:
A - Sudan (3 personnel)
B - Sinai (26 personnel)
C - Middle East (8 personnel)
D - Iraq (1 person)
E -  Afghanistan (220 personnel)
F -  Korea (3 personnel)
G - Timor-Leste (157 personnel)
H - Solomon Islands (44 personnel)
I -   Antarctica (43 personnel)

All overseas deployments are co-ordinated and run by Joint Forces New Zealand. Once deployed, NZDF personnel come under the control of Commander Joint Forces New Zealand. For  the latest deployment statistics please see Current Deployment Information.

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NZ Navy helps out in Haiti

NZ Navy officers help in Haiti
Two New Zealand Naval officers, Sub Lieutenant Nick Foster and Ensign Kendra Titheridge have helped out in the Haiti relief effort while on exchange with the Canadian Navy. 

This page was last reviewed on 7 February 2010, and is current.